The American quilt
Subtitle: a history of cloth and comfort, 1750-1950
By: Roderick Kiracofe ; text by Mary Elizabeth Johnson ; photographs by Sharon Risendorph ; design by Adriane Stark.
Contributors: Huff, Mary Elizabeth Johnson, 1944-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Clarkson Potter
Published: 1993
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 290
Subjects: Quilts -- United States -- History
Other titles: History of cloth and comfort, 1750-1950.
Description: The most important, comprehensive, and sumptuously illustrated addition to the literature of quilting since Quilts in America. Most of the book's 250 stunning full-color quilts have never before been published. With them as a reference, Kiracofe shows us how to read a vocabulary of fabrics, dyes, patterns, and other clues to put quilts in their social and cultural context. Full-color photographs.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-286) and index.